On the Border Lyrics<br /><br /><br /><br />[Chorus]<br /><br /><br />The fishing boats go out across the evening water<br />Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border<br />The wind whips up the waves so loud<br />The ghost moon sails among the clouds<br />Turns the rifles into silver on the border<br /><br />[Verse 1]<br />On my wall the colours of the maps are running<br />From Africa the winds they talk of changes coming<br />The torches flare up in the night<br />The hand that sets the farms alight<br />Has spread the word to those who're waiting on the border<br /><br /><br /><br />[Verse 2]<br />In the village where I grew up<br />Nothing seems the same<br />Still you never see the change from day to day<br />And no-one notices the customs slip away<br /><br />[Verse 3]<br />Late last night the rain was knocking on my window<br />I moved across the darkened room and in the lampglow<br />I thought I saw down in the street<br />The spirit of the century<br />Telling us that we're all standing on the border<br /><br />[Verse 4]<br />In the islands where I grew up<br />Nothing seems the same<br />It's just the patterns that remain<br />An empty shell<br />But there's a strangeness in the air you feel too well<br /><br />[Chorus]<br />The fishing boats go out across the evening water<br />Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border<br />The wind whips up the waves so loud<br />The ghost moon sails among the clouds<br />Turns the rifles into silver on the border<br /><br /><br />[Outro]<br />On the border<br />On the border<br />On the border
